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Episode of Series “Forever Ealing”.
A powerful moving documentary-style account of life on board a British warship during World War II. It is the courageous story of the battle of the Atlantic, a story of ocean, a shipand a handful of men. The only villain is the sea, that man and war have made even more brutal. Based on the novel by Nicholas Monsarrat and stars Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, Denholm Elliot and Virginia McKenna.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
304290
Language
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Sea in motion pictures
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)